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Untitled 4 weeks ago

I want to be able to bench, squat, and dead lift my body weight (175 lbs.). Right now I can do none of those things, which means, according to Men’s Fitness Magazine, I am in the “Damn, you’re weak” category. I went online to find a basic workout routine to get started. I found this website http://www.leehayward.com/workout_programs/
and decided to use it because the material is free, the website has a simple layout, and the explanations are articulate enough for me to understand. I’ll read a couple of books along the way to better educate myself on correct exercise, but right now I just need to get into a routine. In college I took a weightlifting course and continued afterward until I graduated. I was the strongest I had every been, and it showed. Then I stopped going to the gym and in a matter of weeks my ectomorphic body atrophied back into a weak and stringy version of my former self.
So, I’m giving it the old college try…again.



I WANT TO TONE AND FIRM MY ARMS UNDERNEATH 4 months ago

I WANT TO WORK OUT EVERY DAY EVEN IF I AM DEPRESSED AND DON’T FEEL LIKE GETTING UP OUT OF BED. I NEED TO AT LEAST PUT A LITTLE EFFORT IN WHEN AND WHERE I CAN. EVERYTHING COUNTS. EVERY LITTLE BIT AND EVENTUALLY I WILL BEGIN TO SEE RESULTS SO I NEED NOT GIVE IN SO QUICKLY. WHO CARES WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK, DO AND SAY BECAUSE IN THE END ALL I HAVEN IS MYSELF AND IF I AM NOT HAPPY WITH MYSELF NOTHING ELSE WILL MATTER. THE ONLY ONE LEFT BESIDES ME IF HES A REAL ENTITY WILL BE MY MAKER.



I WANT TO TONE AND FIRM MY ARMS UNDERNEATH 4 months ago

I WANT TO WORK OUT EVERY DAY EVEN IF I AM DEPRESSED AND DON’T FEEL LIKE GETTING UP OUT OF BED. I NEED TO AT LEAST PUT A LITTLE EFFORT IN WHEN AND WHERE I CAN. EVERYTHING COUNTS. EVERY LITTLE BIT AND EVENTUALLY I WILL BEGIN TO SEE RESULTS SO I NEED NOT GIVE IN SO QUICKLY. WHO CARES WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK, DO AND SAY BECAUSE IN THE END ALL I HAVEN IS MYSELF AND IF I AM NOT HAPPY WITH MYSELF NOTHING ELSE WILL MATTER. THE ONLY ONE LEFT BESIDES ME IF HES A REAL ENTITY WILL BE MY MAKER.



Just Started 6 months ago

For the last two weeks I’ve been able to motivate myself to lift weights nearly every day. I’ve yet to make it a habit.



My first week 7 months ago

This is my first week weight training. I have lifted two days this week. I have decided that I want to do weight lifting to shape and tone my body. I do 3 set of 12. Sunday was the first day and I didn’t know quite where to start so I used all the machines. After doing some research, I felt more productive on Monday and I worked on my legs and stomach.



Getting there... 8 months ago

I started a few weeks back and it’s going pretty good, well sort of. There’s times when I just can’t be bothered which is really bad, but at least I’m doing it a good few times a week.

I just need to start focusing more, and motivating myself to do it daily!



Building my upper body 10 months ago

I’m doing this for the same reason as wanting to gain weight; I’m fed up of being the skinny one!

I’ve got weights, it’s just a question of actually going some exercises for my upper body. A while back I managed to find a website on what exercises can benefit what muscles so I’m going to have to have a search for it and get down to business.



New rules. . . 11 months ago

I got the New Rules of Lifting for Women book and it’s really fantastic. I have only done about 8 workouts so far in the past few months, and am deciding whether to start fresh in the new year or just pick up where I am and try for the 2 times a week (hopefully 3 times). It is sad to see my entries dated in September and October, and now it’s mid-December.

The workout itself is really really great. I feel so strong when I go, and it is beyond cool to be using barbells.

The only problem is that often I don’t go. The gym is half a mile away from my office, and I get into this silly dilemma of how to fit it into my day (during the day or at the end of the day), the resolution of which is that I usually don’t end up going at all.

I do have a kettlebell at home and a ball and some dumbbells, and I am more consistent about doing things with those. No barbell at home, though, so I can’t do the New Rules workout at home.



Taking this off list... 14 months ago

..cuz I think I did myself quite a bad injury several months back that still hasn’t healed!



supermarket shoppers... 16 months ago

I lift your heavy groceries for 8 hours a day. My back and arm muscles have strengthened considerably.



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